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ENFRESDEIT
FableNº 32

The Fox and the Grapes

A hungry fox saw bunches of grapes hanging from a vine and tried to reach them; but when he could not, he went off, saying to himself, "They are sour anyway."

So too, some men, unable to attain their aims for want of ability, lay the blame on circumstances.
Moral
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